People · United States
Abhinav Manikandan
3×3 · top 47.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2025 · 2025MANI04
Abhinav Manikandan has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 22.76, set at Seattle Summer 2026, puts him in the top 47.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 27,440th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since August 2025, he has put 65 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.83 in August 2025 to 22.76, an 18% improvement. Abhinav has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 22.76 | 26.91 | top 47.3% | 27,440 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.84 | 21.45 | top 59.3% | 17,417 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 8.84 | 10.63 | top 72.7% | 30,035 / 40,951 | |
| Megaminx | 2:58.41 | — | top 73.7% | 5,754 / 7,841 | |
| 4×4 | 2:11.83 | — | early days — 2 solves | 16,347 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:11.28 | — | top 89.6% | 13,669 / 15,683 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 11 Jul 2026Four personal bests in one day at Seattle Summer 2026.
- 4 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at North Sound Spring 2026.
- 9 Aug 2025First competition: Coffee Cup Tacoma 2025. A 31.91 3×3 single to start from.
- 9 Aug 2025First sub-30 3×3: 27.83 at Coffee Cup Tacoma 2025.
Competitions
- Seattle Summer 2026 · 11 Jul 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- North Sound Spring 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Coffee Cup Tacoma 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Eli Kirk — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ethan Ekstrom — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Anishk Arora — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.76 away.
- A sub-10 Pyraminx single — 68,530 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
Targets move as he improves.